約1640年 青花人物故事圖蓮子蓋罐

the ovoid body rising from a spreading foot to a gently flaring neck, painted with a standing figure carrying a harrow on his shoulder amidst a garden landscape with a deer, willow and plantain, all between an incised floral scroll and chevron band, the rim painted with pendent lappets, the domed cover similarly decorated with a figure standing in a rocky riverscape

The vase is in good condition, but there are two chips to the interior rim of the cover 6mm by 3mm and 6mm by 4mm. There is some glaze inconsistency where the body meets the foot and some minor burst bubbles to the glaze of the underside of the base.
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